Jornal de Divided By Zero, 28 out 09

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Most runners will tell you they run races for charity, for the challenge, for the camaraderie, blah, blah, BLAH.

The REAL reason we do it.

RANDOM FREE STUFF!!!

This race's bounty:
Long sleeve technical shirt w/ race logo
Small reusable shopping bag to hold swag
Craploads of coupons/discounts for random things & race promos
1/2 off Dallas Stars tickets in November
Package of strawberry CLIF Shot Bloks
CLIF Quench Fruit Punch sports drink
EAS Myoplex protein shake

The Half-Mary (13.1 miles) is Sunday morning. WOOHOO! This will be my second half marathon. My first one was in August with a finishing time around 2 hours 24 minutes. I'm no speed demon, but I'm hoping to shave a few minutes off of that to set a new personal record.

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Which race is that? That's one of the best free stuff packages I've seen.

28 out 09 por membro: MrT

That's some awesome loot!

28 out 09 por membro: Shia34

How cool!!! I want free swag. Are the goodies any good? I'm calling seven minutes off your last time. We should start a pool!

28 out 09 por membro: FakePlasticLala

@MrT: Pretty much all the Dallas Running Club sponsored races have awesome stuff like this. They put a lot of effort into their swag bags, especially with giving good tech fabric shirts instead of cotton.

28 out 09 por membro: Divided By Zero

@FPLala: I love CLIF products, so it works for me. A 7 minute improvement is a LOT. That's about 30 seconds faster per mile. I don't know if I can pull that off in such a short time (about 2 months since my last half mary), but I'll definitely try. Last time I went out way too fast and was hurting before I even hit the midpoint. This time I plan on pacing myself better and speeding up for the second half... hopefully. :)

28 out 09 por membro: Divided By Zero

Good luck! You will do awesome. And that is some awesome free stuff!

29 out 09 por membro: Starladesiree

Good luck! Your plan to start slower sounds like a good one. I hope you get your PR. How long were you running before you did your first half marathon? I'm trying to decide on a reasonable goal for myself.

29 out 09 por membro: erikag

@erikag: I was running seriously for a little less than a year (10 months) when I did my first half. I had done several 5Ks and a 5 mile race in that time. My advice is to do some 5Ks, see how that goes, then bump it to 10Ks, 15Ks, and then half marathons. I just got a little impatient and basically jumped right into a half mary training plan before doing any 10Ks or 15Ks. LOL

29 out 09 por membro: Divided By Zero

Thanks DBZ. That's what I'm contemplating too! I have been running about 6 months (starting very very slowly) and I'm eying a 1/2 marathon in March. There really aren't too many 10ks or 15ks in my area, but I am planning a 5 mile next month. The 1/2 training program starts where I am now. You would advise against this plan?

29 out 09 por membro: erikag

Not really, since that's the way I did it. No one knows you like you do. If you think you can handle it, go for it. I'm doing my first full marathon in December, but most of the people I've talked to have recommended I wait until I've been running for at least two years before I do that. I haven't had any trouble yet (knock on wood) adapting to the distance. A few days ago I did a 16 mile training run, and next weekend I'll be doing an 18 miler.

29 out 09 por membro: Divided By Zero

I think I'll keep heading in that direction and see how it goes. Thanks for the advice and knock em dead this weekend!

29 out 09 por membro: erikag

Yep, that's true about the post-run goodies. One time I left with about 3 plastic bags of goodies. In one bag was like 25-30 various cliff bars/lara-bar, juices, and fruit. The other bag was like a dozen different t shirts/hats. The last was just misc gift items. LoL

29 out 09 por membro: Pking

i'll see lala's 7minutes and say you'll do better by 3.24...

29 out 09 por membro: veggies yuk

i say about 4 mins better :) good luck

29 out 09 por membro: SelinaMinus60

5 minutes!!! yay for freeeee stuff

30 out 09 por membro: cindyshine

cool! I love free stuff! lol :D Can't wait to hear how you did! :)

30 out 09 por membro: sarahlynn24


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